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... 1 1.1 Introduction This guidebook is a best practices manual for professionals working to implement an airport obstruction management program. Additionally, it is a useful resource for local government professionals or other nonaviation stakeholders involved in planning, design, or approval of tall structures or objects in the vicinity of airports.
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... 2 Best Practices for Airport Obstruction Management Guidebook with the same types of issues (albeit on a different scale) as staff at large-hub international airports.
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... Introduction and Background 3 • ACRP Synthesis 7: Airport Economic Impact Methods and Models • ACRP Synthesis 65: Practices to Develop Effective Stakeholder Relationships at Smaller Airports • ACRP WebResource 1: Aligning Community Expectations with Airport Roles In addition to the ACRP documents, more than 20 state resources were identified during the research process. A number of those documents have utility for any airports seeking to establish obstruction management programs, such as guidance on interlocal agreements and airport protection zoning.
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... 4 Best Practices for Airport Obstruction Management Guidebook The research team's questions and topics were used as a base for data collection while allowing the respondents to provide additional information that they saw as pertinent to the research. A few of the surveyed stakeholders provided examples of outreach presentations, local zoning regulations, and educational tools that include helpful resources that can be adapted to a broader audience.
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... Introduction and Background 5 Because of the broad range of stakeholder backgrounds and experience in the airport obstruction management process, the obstruction evaluation and mitigation guidance in this report is scalable. This allows readers to obtain quite detailed information or information on more complex issues by going further into the guidance.
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... 6 Best Practices for Airport Obstruction Management Guidebook 1.5 Icons To make the guidebook easy to use, these icons identify key matters and application of the information: 1.6 Guidebook User Tips Users should consider the following strategies and tips to gain the highest utility from the guidebook: • The guidebook is divided into nine chapters that cover all aspects of the four key areas discussed in Section 1.4: regulatory criteria, obstruction evaluation, obstruction management, and consensus building and conflict resolution. • The guidebook is arranged in a scalable manner -- the complexity of issues increases from matters that may affect airports of all sizes to specialized issues related to complex and commercial service airports.

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